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Philip Reeder collecting data in the dunes at Skede, Latvia, where in December 1941 between 2,700-2,800 Jews from Liepaja were massacred, most of them women and children. (Photo by Sasha Kvasnik)
September 6, 2023, 4:17 pm
Duquesne professor finds hidden graves of Nazi victims in Latvia
“For the good of the historic record, for the good of humanity, information about these horrible things needs to be brought into the public light.” — Philip Reeder
By Justin Vellucci
Thanks to new technology, the remains of resistance fighter Bernard Luza, left, were recently identified in the Netherlands, as was the precise location of a massacre of Jews in Latvia, memorialized in a plaque in the general vicinity. (Images via Dutch Ministry of Defense, Google Maps)
August 25, 2023, 1:01 pm
Holocaust gravesites identified in Latvia and Netherlands using new technology
A team led by Harry Jol and Martin Goettl from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Philip Reeder from Duquesne University, went to Liepāja to search for the grave.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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